LongHairGal

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  Predict JW life in future

  by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

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  a sister said the other day at the ministry group “”what is all this talk that the end is still some way off” she said she has been waiting for decades and she was told there is no way it would take this long.

  some others said in an annoyed kind of way yes they would have made different decisions decades ago if they knew the end still would not have come by 2023.. how will the majority react in a few more decades time when the end still hasn’t come?.

  why all that talk of sense of urgency decades ago?.

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  EXBETHELITENOWPIMA:

  Yes, I understand JWs “who would have made different decisions if they knew the end still would not have come by 2023.”

  I assume these Witnesses you mentioned are younger and were either not around or not old enough in 1995 when that teaching on Generation came out. That was the last straw for me and I began my ‘Fade’ from the religion.. But, at least I was already in the workforce.

  For JWs who had an ounce of sense, this was a huge wake-up call to get a decent job and plan for their retirement. The year 1995 was almost thirty years ago and sufficient time has passed to have gotten that job and planned!!

  If any Witnesses ignored this and stayed in sleep mode daydreaming and didn’t plan accordingly, it’s hard to feel sympathy. I hope the ones you said sounded ‘annoyed’ aren’t in this category.. Because if they are older people, that ship has sailed.
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  Is the ministry really taken seriously by most JWs?

  by XBEHERE in

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  what say you?.

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  HIDDLESWIFE:

  I seem to remember this mentality in the religion back in the ‘80s or so. I do believe some of those younger Witnesses wanted to be famous for their marathon f.s. hours and how ‘spiritual’ they looked to everybody.🙄

  This is when I got the most grief and condemnation because I was not in the full time ministry with all the people that were around my age. They all felt they were ‘better’ than me and wouldn’t be caught dead in a full time job like I had. That was a no no. Yes, those were ‘lonely’ days being on the fringes of the JW religion. But, I have no regrets now because I Retired.. As for some of those other JWs who are also older: I heard through the grapevine that life is tough. Would they ever admit this to me? I doubt it. They might insist they have been ‘blessed’. Well, as long as they can pay their bills (without looking for handouts as has been rumored).. good for them.
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  WARNING! If you DELIBERATELY avoid the JW memorial.....

  by BoogerMan in

  1. watchtower
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  .......you will experience a fate worse than death!

  you have been warned - don't come crying to me if you don't go.

  you've got one month to change your mind.

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  VINTAGE:

  Yes, it’s true in many cases (especially born-ins) that people’s youth, energy, hopes and dreams were ‘stolen’ and they can’t get them back even if the religion said it were sorry. I doubt we will ever hear them utter those words!

  Even though I wasn’t raised a JW, I still wasted enough years that could have been better spent elsewhere.

  But, none of us can ever know how our life would have turned out if we took a different path and we try to be happy the best we can.. I’m just Glad I got Out - and that I didn’t cave in to peer pressure and hung onto that job the busybodies all hated me for until retirement. It’s all been a life lesson learned. No more religion or groups for me! 👎
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  Bible Dramas - they really have no idea

  by eyeslice in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it seems the watchtower are ploughing ahead with bigger and better film studios but come on, they really have no idea.. how come all the people in times past look like healthy, middle class americans/ europeans/australians in costume?

  get real.

  even a visit to rural india today would give a hint of how people probably lived back then.

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  HOSER & THOMAS MORE:

  Yes, don’t you just love the out-of-touch-with-reality picture portrayed of Jehovah’s Witnesses living in nice homes that could only be afforded if somebody was making a fantastic salary?? Either that or somebody has a successful business.

  Even if a JW inherited the nice home, they still have to pay taxes and upkeep. This requires a decent job.

  A person would have to have higher education to get that decent job. Maybe the husband and wife both have to work. But, for sure, this is not the reality for many JWs! No, it’s quite different with them maybe living with relatives or struggling to pay rent.

  The question is: why not dare paint a more realistic picture of how many JWs really live? Answer: the real picture would be very unappealing!
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  Money Making Ideas

  by LostintheFog1999 in

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  when i was in i can remember reading wt commands not to use the brothers and sisters as an opportunity for business ventures.. i guess in hindsight it was because the wtc was already doing it and didn't want competition for the resources of income being limited.

  in addition to buying all your own literature and magazines, who else remembers the book covers, notebooks, bookmarks, etc sold at conventions with the assembly theme stamped on the front in gold coloured lettering?

  nowadays people claiming to be jws have oodles of websites selling all manner of goods to them, many infringing the jw logo.

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  ENOUGH IS ENOUGH:

  You are so right about being invited for something like that and things similar! But it was certainly not to reach out or be friendly!

  My experience in the JW religion was that I was unpopular because I worked and didn’t pioneer. Yet, I was still invited to people’s MLM parties (and a baby shower here & there). Which is to say, any venture where I was wanted to spend money.

  Naturally, I wasn’t invited to those secret pioneer gatherings/dinners. But, if it was something where I was a potential cu$tomer to spend bucks - I got an invitation. After a while I recall declining because I just didn’t need their products.

  After this it was radio silence with all these phonies, which was fine with me.
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  disfellowshipped for having a personal opinion based on WT

  by Leslie in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in 2008 i was baptized into the truth after leaving a trinitarian faith.

  during my eight years as a jehovah’s witness, i strived to keep the standards set by the bible, wt and the faithfull and discrete slave.

  but unfortunately, the congregational elders from the kingdom hall i attended were not keeping to jehovah’s standards, hence, wrote my letter of resignation.

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  BETH SARIM:

  You are absolutely right about would-be ‘Faders’ making contacts outside the religion beforehand!

  I made sure I had everything planned beforehand.. I wasn’t raised a JW and was employed so it was easier for me as opposed to some JW who has No contacts outside the religion.. This keeping JWs isolated from the ‘world’ keeps them trapped, in my opinion. Anybody wanting to leave the religion needs to secretly cultivate contacts outside!!
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  Breaking News: Anthony Morris III no longer serving on the Governing Body

  by WingCommander in

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  2. friends

  this has been announced on the jw's official website, in the "jw news" section.

  this is not a joke.

  anthony moron da turd is out as a gluttonous body member!

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  FLORIDABORN:

  Yes, I saw on Reddit that the religion must have removed some of AM3’s videos.

  Wouldn’t something like this lend credence to the suspicion he was removed from his position as GB instead of the excuse of him ‘stepping down’ for some health reason?
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  Submission and stupid rules

  by Lady Lee in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what a load of crap this stupid belief was.

  i'll give you a couple of examples.

  i was the sign language interpreter for our congregation and there was about 15-20 deaf who regularly showed up.

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  LEE MARSH:

  Yes, it’s true about men and how frequently they think about sex. When I was younger I had asked a boyfriend how often he thought about sex. His answer shocked me. Like you, I would not want to have their ‘anatomy’ and constantly distracting thoughts.

  I guess that explains why in certain countries around the world, women are made to cover up from head to toe! Even their hair, face and ankles can’t show.
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  WARNING! If you DELIBERATELY avoid the JW memorial.....

  by BoogerMan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  .......you will experience a fate worse than death!

  you have been warned - don't come crying to me if you don't go.

  you've got one month to change your mind.

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  PUNKOFNICE:

  Good point about their so-called ‘bible’! Yet the JWs who studied with me had the audacity to say their bible is ‘more accurate’ than any others. But, how are people who never really studied any bible to know any different? I was Catholic and only read a missal or catechism.

  VINTAGE:

  I know what you mean about that ‘loyalty’ that keeps JWs from examining their religion. It’s almost a superstition. Is it the name? Maybe. But, I have a problem believing the ‘True’ God would back something which has so many inaccuracies, failed prophecies and flip-flops.
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  Reading the Watchtower and Awake! is like getting a college education!

  by kairos in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  anybody remember hearing this?.

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  is that comment in print anywhere?.

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  LongHairGal

  The fact that anybody made this claim (which is pathetic) in the first place just shows how sheltered and out of touch with reality some of the Witnesses are!.. They may be nice people but they are painfully ignorant.

  It also sounds to me like generational ignorance! This is also a consequence of having no contact with non-JWs. Most non-JW people, even if they themselves hadn’t gone to college, know people who have. Surely they heard about studying until early am hours, exams and having to read tons of things, etc… I doubt any of them would ever come to the conclusion that just reading periodical magazines of some religion (with a half-baked article on science here and there) would be equal to somebody’s ‘college education’. 🙄